Feeling worried about the climate crisis is adaptive, and understandable, not pathological. Just as we would expect to grief the loss of a loved one. These feelings can also be paralyzing and prevent meaningful action.
Supporting Kids in the Wake of Racialized Mass Violence
Giving Voice to Struggle and the Relationships that Matter Most
In a rare moment to myself this week, I listened The Michelle Obama Podcast. She speaks to us with such grace, wisdom and intimacy, exploring the relationships that make us who we are. Vogue Magazine reflected that “...her true superpower may be using her platform to be vulnerable and give voice to people’s true struggles.”
Talking Race and Trauma in Therapy
I’ve been silent on the blog here for a long time, over a year it seems. I’ve been writing and talking and mostly listening and learning in other spaces, and trying to center voices other than my own. But I am aware silence is loud right now, with a pandemic highlighting racial health disparities, and the Movement for Black Lives gaining much needed support and attention…
Visiting Suffering & Hope at the National Center for Civil & Human Rights
This week I had the opportunity to visit the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta. It is hard to verbalize the experience, and it is still very much with me. The magnitude of feelings was palpable, as I noticed the experience of other visitors taking in the deeply personal loss others have experienced around the world…
Cultivating a Resilient Spirit with Brené Brown's Guideposts for Wholehearted Living
I am gearing up to offer another Daring Greatly™ workshop based on Brené Brown’s research and I’m thinking about how her 10 Guideposts for Wholehearted Living could inspire intention setting in the new year for anyone who wants to live with more courage and compassion.
Can Shame Resiliency Skills Enable Hard Conversations?
I just camp back from “Courage Camp”, 4 days with about 200 facilitators of Brene Brown’s research on shame and vulnerability. I was eager for opportunities to talk with other facilitators about how this work on shame resiliency skills might be used to help groups have brave conversations about race and privilege in this country.
Mental Health Awareness Month & Black Podcasters
My interview in VoyageATL
Connect with Self to Connect with Others
How to Stay Grounded
Many people are experiencing increased stress and anxiety in the current political climate. Individuals across the political spectrum are experiencing the impact of an increasingly divided country. This is causing disruption in relationships, something that may even be experienced as families gather for holidays this time of year. I would love to share some of the best ways to stay grounded!
(My article, re-posted here, was co-written with Dr. Mahlet Endale and published in the Dec newsletter of Midtown Family Wellness.)
After Las Vagas
Public Stress and Ending DACA
With the recent news on the pending end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, as a mental health professional specializing in work with young adults, I’m thinking about the implications for additional stress and trauma impacting this community. I have found a few resources that may help if you or someone you know is feeling heightened stress related to DACA, and discuss the role of public stress which could impact any of us.
